Update: Tyndall cancels controlled burn

A controlled burn in the Apalachicola River WEA marsh is seen in this News Herald file photo. The 325th Civil Engineer Squadron, Natural Resources Flight, is scheduled to conduct a controlled burn near Silver Flag on Tyndall Air Force Base Thursday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

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By News Herald staff report

Published: Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 09:50 AM.

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE –The 325th Civil Engineer Squadron, Natural Resources Flight, was scheduled to conduct a controlled burn south of U.S. 98 on Tyndall Air Force Base today between 4 p.m. and midnight.

However, officials have cancelled the burn.

Prescribed fires are necessary to reduce fuels and the potential for wildfires that could impact Tyndall’s mission to “train and project unrivaled combat power,” officials wrote in a news release.

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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE –The 325th Civil Engineer Squadron, Natural Resources Flight, was scheduled to conduct a controlled burn south of U.S. 98 on Tyndall Air Force Base today between 4 p.m. and midnight.

However, officials have cancelled the burn.

Prescribed fires are necessary to reduce fuels and the potential for wildfires that could impact Tyndall’s mission to “train and project unrivaled combat power,” officials wrote in a news release.

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